Free for 30 days. It finds your robot on its own — there is nothing to configure and no account to create.
The Windows installer is temporarily unavailable while our build service is restored. If you already run Yardstick on Windows, nothing is affected — your copy keeps recording.
Check back shortly, or use the source install below, which works on Windows too if you have Python 3.10 or newer.
Runs as a login agent — no terminal left open, no Homebrew required.
curl -fLO https://yardstickhome.com/download/yardstick-source-latest.tar.gz tar -xzf yardstick-source-latest.tar.gz cd yardstick-*/ ./deploy/setup.sh
The script finds a suitable Python — offering to install one if there is none, since macOS still ships 3.9 and this needs 3.10 or newer — builds the environment, finds your robot and sets it running. Then open localhost:8477.
macOS will ask whether Terminal may find devices on your local network. Say yes. The dialog names Terminal rather than Yardstick, and until it is answered the scan finds nothing at all — which looks exactly like being on the wrong network.
It records while the Mac is awake and you are logged in.
Same script. Installs a systemd user service, so it starts with the machine.
curl -fLO https://yardstickhome.com/download/yardstick-source-latest.tar.gz tar -xzf yardstick-source-latest.tar.gz cd yardstick-*/ ./deploy/setup.sh
Recognises apt, dnf, pacman and zypper, and asks before using any of them. Nothing goes into a system package manager.
Checksums for every file here: SHA256SUMS.txt
shasum -a 256 yardstick-source-latest.tar.gz
Yardstick is made by Northlake Consulting LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Yarbo.